The New Jersey Senate passed a bill Thursday amending the Noise Control Act of 1971 to exempt amusement parks and carnivals from local noise ordinances. The Senate amended the bill Thursday to include beach bars.

Philip E. Peavy III

Vater

I'm not sure why you or the article even mentions Atlantic City. Steel Pier doesn't really pose a noise problem since it sits between the Atlantic Ocean and the Taj Mahal.

Besides, of all things to be irritated about in Atlantic City, noise from the Pier doesn't even make the cut. How about the fact that, barring a few small areas (mostly occupied by the major hotels and casinos), the whole city is a s***hole?

Mike Gallagher

Does anyone know if the Tony Rossi (Steel Pier Director Of Operations) in the article is the same Tony Rossi who ran rollercoasterworld.com?

I've gotten calendars from that site the last few years, but none is available this year.

*Edit*..had a little freak-out moment at work today. Literally not five minutes after I posted the above, a package arrived for me..from Tony Rossi at rollercoasterworld.com! One of my "clients" who's a bit of a coaster junkie..not on my level, though :)..gifted me a set of roller coaster coasters. They're glass, and feature images of four coasters at HersheyPark.

Philip E. Peavy III

Monday, December 19, 2011 5:29 PM

You can pretty much lump amusement parks and casinos in the same "crap" category. No Noise Control Act is going to control the bad apples these type of places attract. That's the reason you visit most of these places only once in your life and not regularly like you would Bermuda, Martha's Vineyard, or Stone Harbor. That said, I still like the quick fix places with a bottle of wine once in a while though. :)

Cropsey

This is really great news sets a precedent for other states or provinces to follow. Several parks that have been around for decades have problems with new neighbours complaining about noise.

I remember a story from many years ago about CW's problems with neighbours regarding noise and traffic. The park was fairly rural when it was built and the neighbourhoods built up around it with the urban sprawl in the suburbs. There's no way those people didn't happen to notice the huge theme park in their backyard when they moved in.

Gillian has an excellent line in the article - "At the end of the day, people know what they’re moving next to. They have to take some responsibility for themselves". It's like moving next to an airport and asking them to keep it down.